The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-07
RAILROAD RACKET.
Pushing the Work on the Three C's-,
A Business Visit from Officials.
Special TO Netrs and Courier.

chat with Col. R. A. johnson, of Bos'
ton, the superintendent, and Col.
Mattison, of Tennessee, the chief en-.
gineer Of the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad. The object
of the visit by these gentlemen was
to locate depot, freight house and
machine shops, and to settle with Mr..
E. S. :Nettles for the right of way for
the road through his place. The rep
resentative Of the railroad company
at Camden being absent, the money
$500 was left with Intendent Dunlap
till his return, when the necessary
papers will be signed and the money
paid to Mr.. Nettles.
The location for the depot and
shops have not been decided upon,
so your correspondent, being request
ed to keep mum by Col. johnson,
won't even mention the lands which
they have in view, and about which
the terms are being settled. Col.
Johnson thinks tie road will be run.
ming from Blacks to Camden by
February /, though Col. Mattison
thinks it will be safer to say MARCH,
/. The contracts with Smith and
Ripley for the road.bed requires the
work to be finished by January l,
but more time will be allowed, as the
contractors have been delayed una
voidably.
AS soon as the road is finished to
Camden the work will be Immediate
ly pushed in the direction Of Sumter,
so Camden is certain to have COM
peting line to Charleston. Track
laying from Camden northward will
commence as soon as the road-bed is
ready through Mr.. Nettles's place,
which, according to Col. Mattison,
will not be more than five weeks.
There is now S15O,OOO worth of iron
at the South Carolina Railway depot
for the Three C's'' Road, and Col.
johnson says that ought to be enough
to make the people believe that the
road is q certainty.
Evidently Col. johnson has been
hearing some grumbling about the
bonds for the road and other dissat
isfaction from the people. He says
be is certain that the time will come
when be and his colleagues will be
considered public benefactors. These
two gentlemen left in a carriage this
| morning to take trip up the line Of
road.
ORGANIZING IMPROVEMENT CoMPA
MES.
EDGEF1ELD, June Ex-senator But
ler has lately been to Alexandria Va.
where he, with Gen. Rosser and Other
prominent Southern and Northern
men, have organized two fnancia
companies, one known as the "NeW
South Mining and Improving Com
pany," and the other as the ''Virgini:
Mining Company" Both of these
companies were chartered by the las
Virginia Legislature, and are init
mately connected with the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
The Virginia company hold 100000
acres of land, which is supposed tt
cover vast region of coal, anc
through the centre of which the Three
C's is to run. This large area O
land lies in the States of Virgins
and Kentucky. The capital stock o
the companies is said to be $4,000,
|
900, and their object is to develop
this coal region. I I'm informed tina
225 miles of the Three Cs, which il
it's entirety Of length will be 6O(
miles, is now under contract fol
building, to be completed by Janu
ary next.
THE MAGNETIC LINE.
Two large new engines have ar
rived at Blacks for the use Of The
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Road. They weigh forty-fve ton:
each and are named "Rutherford'
and Cleveland" Another engine
soon to arrive will be called York
Chief Engineer Watson objects t(
the abbreviation Three C's'' for tht
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
! Road, and wants it called the Mag
netic Line"
Col. 7. ?. Dickinson, who has jus
gone over the line Of the Three G.:
Road, says that the road bed is tn
finest be ever saw on ne" road.
Fifteen new freight cars, With ca
pacity Of 10000 pounds each, have
been received at Blacks for use OF